Sinclair Green Office Checklist

The Sinclair Certified Green Office Program is part of a college-wide effort to reduce our overall energy consumption and to reduce our environmental impact by conserving and recycling our resources. Office suites can become “Certified Green Offices” by:

Getting at least 75% of the office suite personnel to join the ongoing green office effort

Scheduling a site review

Meeting at least 10 of the checklist items

Working to complete any unchecked items

Green Office Checklist

Lights

To have motion detectors installed in your office space, please submit a Work Order to facilities indicating the room or rooms.

Paper

To have a recycle bin delivered to your office, please contact Bob Creager at 512-3090 or submit a Work Order.

3. We recycle our used paper.

4. We reuse paper that has text on only one side for use as scratch paper and other printing/copying.

Other Considerations Include:

Purchase copy and printer paper with recycled or sustainable content

Eliminate fax cover sheets

Have a recycling bin for paper at each work area

Computers

5. We set the automatic power management system to turn the monitor off after five minutes, go to standby in 20 minutes. For more information on how to set this up, please contact the Help Desk at 512-4357.

6. We shut off our computers at night.

Other Considerations Include:

Manually set computers to standby mode when not in use, instead of waiting for the automatic settings to activate.

Screen savers help prolong screen life, but they still use energy.

Refrigerators

7. We share one appropriately-sized refrigerator. It is an ENERGY STAR labeled product. (Or better yet, we don’t use a refrigerator)

Other Considerations Include:

For faculty, unplug (and defrost) over summer if not teaching.

Consider using a small cooler or thermal lunch bag instead of using a refrigerator.

Other Appliances and Electronics

To have motion detector power strip installed in your office, please submit a Work Order and request an “Iso-strip” to be installed.